Indian superstore Big Bazaar is offering its customers fun and discounts with its ongoing Mahabachat campaign. Partnering with Bangalore-based creative tech agency AliveNow, the new Bachat Rush Newsfeed SmartApp game provides players with the opportunity to avail shopping coupons with an extra discount. Players are given one minute to collect as many points as possible. […]
Consumers’ interactions with brands on social media influence their buying decisions — 67% of consumers have made a purchase after seeing an advertisement on social media. However, a new survey finds that not all platforms hold the same weight in people’s buying decisions. People turn to Facebook more than any other social media platform to […]
Mobile phone customers today got a new, cheaper choice with a simpler way to buy following the launch of www.ao-mobile.com, from AO – the online electronics store. Customers are increasingly shopping online for mobiles and AO Mobile is offering an extensive choice across the four UK mobile networks and all handset manufacturers with contract, SIM only […]
US department store chain Kmart and its media agency Universal McCann have launched a web-based augmented reality (AR) ad campaign in partnership with immersive ad tech firm OmniVirt. Kmart worked with OmniVirt to create and serve AR display ads programmatically across the web, enabling customers to virtually try on Kmart decor and furniture products. Users interact with the ad by […]
New research has highlighted that smart speakers in the home like Google Home and Amazon Echo are set to drive the next wave of eCommerce. A nationally-representative survey of 2,000 British adults commissioned by Artefact UK, an AI and data-driven agency, reveals six out of ten smart speaker owners (60%) have used them to make […]
Singapore-based eCommerce platform Shopee has joined forces with dining deals platform Chope to offer special deals to its users as part of its celebration of Singapore’s 54th birthday. Shopee will hold a National Day Sale from August 5-9, and adding around 100 dining deals to users, who can also choose more than 1,000 deals on the Chope […]
Chinese phone makers now account for 42 per cent of the global smartphone market, despite shipments falling both internationally and in their local market, according to Counterpoint Research. The combined global smartphone market share of Chinese majors Huawei, OPPO, Vivo, Xiaomi, and Realme (HOVXR) reached 42% in Q2 2019, the highest it has ever been. This […]
eBay has agreed to buy a 5.5% stake in eCommerce marketplace Paytm Mall in a renewed attempt by the San Jose, California-based company to grab a foothold in India’s fast-growing and intensely competitive online retail market. The companies did not disclose the value of the transaction in a joint statement on Wednesday. eBay and Paytm Mall also […]
Baidu and Snap Inc. announced the renewal of their sales partnership, which first began in May 2017. The agreement authorises Baidu to act as Snap’s representative to advertisers in Greater China, Japan and South Korea. Through this partnership, advertisers in these countries can leverage Snapchat’s robust global reach and highly engaged community to grow their […]
Most shoppers still prefer to make purchases in-store after using the internet to research products, despite concerns that the high street is dying, according to research from Blis. 60 per cent of the over 4,500 EMEA consumers surveyed use the internet to research products before ultimately making purchases in-store. At the same time, impulse buying is […]